Keep Calm and Tweet a Cat

[ambree40]

In the aftermath of the Paris shootings, the Belgian police held raids in Brussels last night. All public places were shut down and people were asked to stay indoors and away from windows. Authorities also asked not to tweet about the raids, so people started to tweet cat pictures, instead. I have no idea how it started but soon the hashtag #

Comments

[addie71]

What a fantastic idea! These are great.

[ambree40]

And today the Belgian Federal Police posted a "Thank You Cats"-tweet. Just brilliant!!

[ambree40]

Isn't it? I just added the "ThankYouCats-tweet that the Belgian Federal Police posted this morning. What a country!

[shirebound]

Fantastic, and inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing these.

*hugs you*

[ambree40]

Yes, very inspiring. Sometimes I get depressed about this world and then something like this happens. :-)

*hugs you back*

[_celebrian]

:-)

[ambree40]

It's so good to see that people hang on to their sense of humor. :-)

[janejanejane]

Great idea, great pics! Thank you :-)

[ambree40]

You're welcome, Jane. It's good to see such a response to a difficult and dangerous situation.